Lohrmann on Cybersecurity

Ransomware attacks are grabbing many headlines. Here are several recent public-sector ransomware incidents, along with what steps you can take to protect your enterprise.

Is your metrics program coordinated with decision-making?

America’s JobLink (AJL), a multi-state, Web-based system that links job-seekers with employers around the country, has been hacked. Here’s what you need to know.

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are accelerating around the globe. A new report highlights that the scale of the cyberdefense problem is growing. What can be done?

There are currently two radically different views regarding the Internet of Things (IoT) in our world. One is bright. The other is dark. Which one will win out? Can they come together — somehow? Here are two opposing perspectives — followed by a potential third way.

The National Governors Association (NGA) 2017 Midyear meeting was held last weekend in Washington, D.C., and the top priorities included cybersecurity and innovative infrastructure strategies in the states. Here are top highlights and several next steps.

The U.S. Department of Energy released an alarming report in January 2017, saying that the U.S. electric grid is in imminent danger from a cyberattack. So where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going regarding smart grid security?

What tips and techniques help parents teach their kids online? Where can cybersecurity professionals turn for resources to train teens about ethical hacking? How can we address cybersafety in new ways moving forward? Here are some answers from the 2017 RSA Conference Cyber Village.

A new Intel Security cloud report reveals that cloud computing adoption is growing rapidly in government and elsewhere all over the world. At the same time, CIOs are struggling to keep enterprise data safe in the cloud. Here is what you need to know.

Fake news is now headline news. Add in fake apps and fake websites, and governments have a huge credibility problem. What can the public sector do? Let’s explore what you can do for real.

What's hot right now in cyber? I asked four leading state government chief information security officers (CISOs) about emerging cyberthreats, their state’s top cyberproject priorities for the coming year and for their views on the future outlook for cybersecurity executives. Here’s what they said.

What has President Trump already said and done regarding cybersecurity? How should our 45th president address our many online problems at home and abroad? Why am I more optimistic than most commentators about our new leader’s pragmatic approach to cyber? Here’s why.